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Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All fields 271    287    325    353    343    308    331    302    316    297   
  Science and engineering 206    212    234    236    244    210    210    199    209    192   
    Science 149    167    199    187    199    179    174    163    170    158   
      Life science 73    76    87    80    95    74    74    65    78    80   
        Agricultural sciences 22    14    28    19    30    16    19    13    23    22   
        Biological sciences 36    47    51    44    52    45    45    43    48    50   
        Health sciences 15    15    8    17    13    13    10    9    7    8   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 18    21    25    29    27    33    36    27    14    25   
        Chemistry 11    10    12    11    16    23    25    14    9    13   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2    3    6    4    5    5    1    5    2    4   
        Physics and astronomy 5    8    7    14    6    5    10    8    3    8   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 20    19    20    26    25    23    20    23    21    15   
        Computer sciences 8    11    7    12    11    7    6    8    4    5   
        Mathematics 12    8    13    14    14    16    14    15    17    10   
      Psychology and social sciences 38    51    67    52    52    49    44    48    57    38   
        Psychology 16    30    28    22    25    26    19    20    25    18   
        Anthropology 1    2    1    4    1    6    3    4    1    .   
        Economics 11    1    11    6    7    6    5    5    6    7   
        Political science and government 2    7    7    6    7    7    9    6    6    5   
        Sociology 6    5    11    9    10    3    3    8    11    6   
        Other social sciences 2    6    9    5    2    1    5    5    8    2   
    Engineering 57    45    35    49    45    31    36    36    39    34   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 1    .    2    .    .    .    .    .    1    .   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 7    7    5    4    5    3    3    4    3    7   
      Chemical engineering 3    2    4    4    1    1    4    2    1    1   
      Civil engineering 2    4    2    5    4    3    .    2    1    1   
      Electrical engineering 12    .    5    8    9    9    5    11    7    6   
      Industrial engineering 1    2    .    1    2    2    2    1    2    1   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 1    2    .    .    1    .    1    1    .    2   
      Mechanical engineering 9    12    8    10    9    7    4    7    5    6   
      Other engineering 21    16    9    17    14    6    17    8    19    10   
  Non-science and engineering 65    75    91    117    99    98    121    103    107    105   
    Education 27    24    31    35    38    32    46    40    56    37   
      Education administration 3    4    3    4    5    4    5    2    9    7   
      Education research 14    10    6    16    14    16    24    24    26    18   
      Teacher education .    .    1    .    1    .    1    1    2    1   
      Teaching fields 10    10    21    14    18    9    16    13    18    11   
      Other education .    .    .    1    .    3    .    .    1    .   
    Humanities 19    27    30    38    27    27    33    32    20    35   
      Foreign languages & literature 2    .    5    1    3    4    3    2    1    1   
      History 1    4    6    7    5    5    5    4    3    8   
      Letters 8    15    8    15    7    11    14    17    11    15   
      Other humanities and arts 8    8    11    15    12    7    11    9    5    11   
    Other 19    24    30    44    34    39    42    31    31    33   
      Business management/administration 4    10    10    7    6    13    10    13    12    10   
      Communication 7    9    11    27    13    14    19    11    14    16   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 8    5    9    10    15    12    13    7    5    7   

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

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